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June 26, 2006 • 11:12 am PDT
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Ernie Fletcher, Governor of Kentucky, is in a lot of trouble. This is because he has been indicted, for conspiracy and a host of other dirty deeds. Then last week, his state government blocked a bunch of websites that had published critical information about him. When you do these things, the attention gets turned on you. And you better make sure you don't do stupid things like getting driven from your house to the state house, when your house is only 500 feet away. Here's a picture. Then again, at that point, maybe you just don't care anymore.

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